And you shall love your neighbour like yourself, I am G-d. (Vayikra 19;18) The commandment to have love for fellow human beings is one of Judaism’s most famous ..
Written by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
The Possuk says “ויאמר ה אל-משה, אמר אל-הכהנים בני אהרן” – “And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying: Speak to the Cohanim…” ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
The opening Rashi of the sedra notes that just like man was created after all the animals, so too are we given certain laws [leprosy here] after the animal details ..
Written by Daniel Fine
When the Torah says that the Cohen Gadol asked for forgiveness for himself, his family and of the nation as a whole (16:17) why does he not just ask for forgiveness ..
Written by Dovid Manson
This week’s double parsha deals almost exclusively with a leprosy-like skin disease which would afflict those who were guilty of lashon hara, literally ‘evil ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
Something is slightly strange about this weeks sedra regarding the goings on when a person contracts Tzoraas. One is why do we go to our Local Kohen when we can go to our local ..
Written by Benjamin Rose
“Then shall the Kohen command to take for the person to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood and red wool, and hyssop.” Why does the Metzora ..
Written by Anonymous
And if you will say, ‘What will we eat in the seventh (Shmitta) year? We will not sow nor gather our crops.’ I will give My blessing to you in the sixth year ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not desecrate their God’s Name (21:6) This verse commands the Kohanim to be holy; it then commands the Kohanim ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick